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Astrid Løken, the Glossary

Astrid Løken (14 April 1911 – 19 January 2008) was a Norwegian entomologist and member of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.^[1]

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Norwegian entomologists
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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Bombus consobrinus

Bombus consobrinus is a species of bumblebee found in Hungary, northern Scandinavia, Kazakhstan, Russia (Saghalien, Siberia), China (Soyorei, Hebei, Liaoning), North and South Korea, and Japan.

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Bumblebee

A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.

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Candidate (degree)

Candidate (Latin: candidatus or candidata) is the name of various academic degrees, which are today mainly awarded in Scandinavia.

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Cyanide

In chemistry, cyanide is a chemical compound that contains a functional group.

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Darkroom

A darkroom is used to process photographic film, make prints and carry out other associated tasks.

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A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Field research

Field research, field studies, or fieldwork is the collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting.

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German occupation of Norway

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.

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Grenade

A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.

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Hardangervidda

Hardangervidda (Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Telemark, and Buskerud counties.

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Incendiary device

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires.

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Josef Terboven

Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen and the Reichskommissar for Norway during the German occupation.

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Logan, Utah

Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.

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Natural science

Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian campaign

The Norwegian campaign (8 April 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Norwegian Entomological Society

The Norwegian Entomological Society (Norsk entomologisk forening, NEF) was established in 1904.

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Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945.

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Norwegian University of Life Sciences

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway.

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Operation Weserübung

Operation Weserübung (Unternehmen Weserübung,, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Photography and the law

The intellectual property rights on photographs are protected in different jurisdictions by the laws governing copyright and moral rights.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Psithyrus

Cuckoo bumblebees are members of the subgenus Psithyrus in the bumblebee genus Bombus.

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Reichskommissar

(rendered as "Commissioner of the Empire", "Reich Commissioner" or "Imperial Commissioner"), in German history, was an official governatorial title used for various public offices during the period of the German Empire and Nazi Germany.

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Research assistant

A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, research institute, or privately held organization to provide assistance in academic or private research endeavors.

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Research fellow

A research fellow is an academic research position at a university or a similar research institution, usually for academic staff or faculty members.

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Suicide pill

A suicide pill (also known as the cyanide pill, kill-pill, lethal pill, death-pill, cyanide capsule, or L-pill) is a pill, capsule, ampoule, or tablet containing a fatally poisonous substance that a person ingests deliberately in order to achieve death quickly through suicide.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Løken

Astrid Løken, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century Norwegian educators

20th-century Norwegian women scientists

20th-century Norwegian zoologists

Norwegian entomologists

Norwegian spies

Norwegian women in World War II

XU

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